Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-10-19
/. o. .. IF. GRAND ENcAmpmEN1

The Order FlOur1shing-POAmts From
the Annual Meeting YesterdaY-The
Election OF Oncers for the Ensuing
Year.
At the annual meeting of the Grand en-
campment, I. o. o. F., held in this city yes
terday, one hundred members were present
and the reports showed the order to be
dourishing, as usual. Every encampment in
the State was represented. The report of
Grand Patriarch Isaac Il. Coe, of Hartford,
Congratulated the members on the success of
the Order and gave them hearty words of
weloome,and greeting, and in the report of
his official acts he said that the past year had
witnessed an unusual increase in the MEM
befshipp Of the order. No new ehcampments
have bssn created, however, and some in
force have lacked the true spirit of zeal and
enthusiasm and needed quicksning The
order was strong numerically and gaining
daily. Two new cantons had been petitioned
for-Foster canton No. IL of New Britain,
starting with forty-two signers, and Unity
No. of New London, starting with fifteen
The petitions Mr.. Coe had officially signed.
but owing to misunderstanding they had
not been presented to the executive council.
The matter was therefore submitted to the
proval of the organizing of Patriarchs Mill
liant: The address closed with few CRATE
full words for the honor conferred upon the
speaker in re-electing him g. P. and saying
that the duty intrusted to him had been dis
charged with attention and faithfulness and
with the true interests of the order deeply at
heart. Mr.. Coe returned his thanks for the
harmonious cooperation which had pre-
vailed in his administration of the Office.
Grand Scribe Frederick Botsford's report
showed chat the total number of enoamp-
ments was 90, and that the total number of
members up to July 1, 1886, was z, 544.
There were 1922 limitations during the year,
/ three We're admitted by card and seven were
| reinstated. Sixty-three members we've sus-
pended, 10 had withdrawn, one had been ex-
PEELED and 90 had died. This, according to
| the report, left a total membership of 2,77O
on July I, 1887.
! The report showed also that the total re-
ceipts of the Grand encampment tor the hs-
cal Year were 1913 10 divided as follows:
Dues 1856 "a; rituals, 80; constitution, .35;
odes, 81 20; chart, 49, 81" The total fund of
/ subordinates on July 1, 1886, was sci ,881.62,
| and the total receipts of subordinates for the
fiscal year $11 ,083. AZ, making total OF
$50, 964.44. The amount paid for relief was
So, COL, and expenses amounted to 80, OIL. 10,
making total of $9,672. 10, which deducted
from the total fund left the funds of subor-
dinates on July /, 1887, $23, 1872 a.
The net gain in membership during the
year was 266 and the net grim in invested
funds S1,4f9. 70. The average amount paid
each member for relief was $1.55 and the ex-
penses per member So. SO.
There have been l 1895 weeks sickness, or
an average of five days, six hours and eight
4 minutes per member. Twenty nine deaths
| have occurred or one death to every 90 51-1OO
members.
The report of R. H. Paddock of Bridgeport
and Ellery Camp of this city, representatives
to the sovereign Grand lodge, followed, OF
which the following is an abstract:
| Patriarchs-Your representatives to the
sovereign Grand, lodge herewith submit the
following report of the proceedings of the
| session held in Denver, commencing Sept.
| 10, 1897 A representation of forty -one
| Grand lodges and twenty-three Grand en-.
campments we're present. From the report
of Grand Secretary Theodore A. Ross, the
condition of the order at present is as fol
| lows: